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The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Express.
Published, nit every Tuesday and Friday Mornings
VOLUME X.
The CartersviHe Express
f* publiaiwd .Semi-Weekly on every TUES
DAY AND FRIDAY, by
S. H. SMIT E & Cos., Editors and Prop’rs.
In the town t«. rtor. vill<\ Bartow County, Ga.
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sequent, Inset tlon.
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Dollars put column, or iu that.proportion.
mmimmi nm i lanear ■ •“ naeMMMMMM*
(jtofds.
John W. WofTorl,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
0A RTKUsV ILT.K.. GEORGIA.
<Hllce over Pinkerton’* Drug Store. Oct. 11.
W. r. WOKKOKO, A. V. WOFFORD.
Wofi»rd «fc Wofford,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CARTKUSVHJ.X, GEORGIA.
June 23, 187i*.
It. W. Ilnrplicy,
ATTrORNEY AT LAW,
CAETERSVIU.K, GEORGIA.
Will practice In the courts of the Cherokee
Circuit. Particular attention given to the col
lection of claims. Office with Col. Abda John
son. Oct. 1 •
JoVIII *f. JOIICH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CAttTERSTILLE. * GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to all professionalbusi
ness entrusted t<> hi ware; also, to the buying
and selling of Heal Estate. Janl.
<3ere. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County.
CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA.
Jan 1,1870.
A. HI. Foute,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ARTIUIVILUE, GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
l'olk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. March 30.
T. W. MILKER, O. TI. MILNER.
Milfiei* & Milner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERS VtLT„E,.: GEORG IA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
their care. * Jan. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVI LE, GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of the State.
Sam. 11. Patillo,
Fashionable Tailor and Agent
for Sewing Machines,
W1 LL attend promptly to the Cutting, Re
pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’
Clothing; also. Agent l’wr the sale of the cele
brated Grover & Baker Sewing Machines. Of
lloe over Stokely fb Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. ' l'eb 17.
W. R. ITlounleastlc,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
OARTERSVILI K GEORGIA.
Ollice in lront of A. A. Skinner 8t Co’s Store.
Kcnncsaw llonso,
MARIETTA GEORGIA.
IS still open to the traveling public as well as
summer visitors. Parties desiring to make
arrangements for the season can be accommo
dated! Rooms neat and clean and especially
adapted for families. A iiuo largo piazza has
been recently added to the comforts of the estab
lishment. ‘ FLETCHER & EREYER,
junelßwtf Proprietors.
S. O’SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
Cartersville, Georgia,.
UAVEjust received the latest European and
American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Cloth
ing, ami is prepare,i to Cut and Making to or
der. Ollice upstairs in Liebman’s stove, East
side of the Railroad. sept. 20.
I>r. ,1. A. Jackson,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICE IN THE NE W DR UO STORE.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
•Tan 4th, 1871.
~WW. 0. BOWLEII,
MANUFACTURER OF,
-VXD DEALER IN,
SIMII.E Aim DOUBLE
HARNESS,
Saddles,
COLLARS, LEATHER, &C.
■CI'I'A ■ is i \<> now,
With neatness and dispatch.
< n West Main Street., near the old
Market lions?, CAKTKKSVILLK, GA.
fob 21-wly IVM. O BOWLER.
' “ GEAR SHOP,''by
CART SRBVILLE, GA.
M/.MA-ArrniKß or Harness, Rri-
Mis, Gear, etc*, and Dkalhb in
7, . S« r wldles, Lea ther.
Repairing done on short notice. Work war
ranted to stand the test. Hides Wanted
jail. 24, ISti.-swly
. Dr. F. M.
sss&;
v -*GJg "1. r
■ IHMIV!.
’UIBfmJS
y Vl - Carterti'ille, Ga.
... *s^.-
l'eetli drawn without pain, by the use ni nar
cotic spray. inch 9.
J. T. OWEN,
jeweler;
Main Street, Cartersville, Ga..
it \ v . in ‘ u i'"‘' l » any tiling iij his line as cheap ns
I)e bought anywhere.
* always at his post, ready to serve his
* u ioniers.
Every thi,,.- wui.inted to give saliHuetion.
BA D
dom been treated successfully. The profession
lias sought dill i gently for some reined v that wo’bl
enable them to treat these diseases with success.
At last, that remedy has been discovered by
one of the most skilful physicians iu the State of
Georgia. The remedy la
Bradfield’s Female Regulator.
It Is purely vegetable, and Is put up in Atlan
ta, by BRADFIELD A CO.
It will purify the blood and strengthen the
system, relieve irritation of the kidneys,'and is
a perfect specific for all the above diseases; as
certain a cure as Quinine is iu Chills and Fevers.
For a hi-tory of diseases, and certificates of its
worderful cures, the reader is referred to the
wrapper around the bottle. Every bottle war
ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded.
" LaGbakoe, Ga., March 23,1870.
BRADFIELI) A CO., ATLANTA, GA.:
Dear Sirs: I take pleasure iu stating that I
have used, for the last twenty years, the medi
cine vou are puttingup, known as DR. J. BRAD
FIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR, and con
sider it the licst combination ever gotten to
gether for the diseases for which it is recom
mended. I have been familiar with the pre
scription both as a practitioner of medicine and
in domestic practice, and can honestly say that
I consider it a boon to suffering females, and
can but hope that every lady In our whole land,
who may be suffering in any way peculiar to
their sex. may be able to procure a bottle, that
their sufferings maynotonlv lie relieved, but
that they may be restored to health & strength.
With my kindest regards, I am, respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. D.‘
We. the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure
in commending to the trade, Dr. J. Brad field’s
Female Regulator—believing it to be a good and
reliable remedy for the diseases for which he
recommends it. W. A. LANBDELL,
I’KM BURTON, WILSON, TAYLOR A CO.
RED WINE A FOX,
W. C, LAWS ins, Atlanta, Ga.
W. ROOT & SON, Marietta, Ga.
4 CTS with gentleness and thoroughness
A upon the Liver and General Circula
’ ,7, eps the Bowels in Natural Motion
and Cleanses the System from all impurl-
SJT.I == ———l l«r Sover
phii-... 111I 11 . 1 T!!!)Styt Enlarg
ment, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Loss of Ap
pel ito, Nausea, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn.
Debility, Low Spirits, Cold Feet and Hands,
Costiveness, Listlessness, Colic, Chronic
Diarrhea, and Chronic Chills and Fever.
Compouncd in strict accordance with
skilliul chemistry and scientific pharmacy, this
purely veg-l —IT” —I e t, able
Compound | has. after
the severe-l CELEBRATED | est test of
twenty! I years in
cessant use,| - J ill icon styl
ed the Great Restorative and Uecui’erant
!>y the enlightened testimony of thousands us
ing it; so harmoniously adjusted that it keeps
the Liver in healthful action; and when the
directions arc observed the process of waste
and replenishment in the human system con
tinues uninterruptedly to a ripe old age, and
man, like the patriarchs of old, drops into the
grave lull ol years, and without a Struggle,
whenever! I~ T ~ ITT" —»■«m b ath
claimslus •j- . i- • I Ipreroga
tive. vda-nLiver Medicme.iii>ted to
robust constiUTtion,lt" can'be" gTveiTw?th equal
safety and success to the yeung child, invalid
lady or strong man.
june 2,1871.
IM. O. S. PROPMIITT 8
Anodjno I*lllll Kill It.
NEVER FAILING!
KILLS PAI* I\ EVERY FORTH.
CURES j Pains in the Bark. Chest, Hips or
L tinhs, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Court hs
Colds, Bronchial Affections, Kidney Diseases. Dys
pepsia, Liver Complaint ; Colic. Cholera, Cholera
Morbus Pleurisy, Asthma, Heart Burn. Tooth
Ache, aaio Ache, Ear Ache, Head. Ache, Sprains
/.muses. Cuts, Contusions, Sores, Lacerated
Wounds, Scalds, Burns, Chill Blains, Frost. Bites
Poisons, of all kinds, vegetable or animal. Ofali
|PAIN KILL IT!
the Remedies ever discovered for the relief of
Suffering humanity, this is the beM Pain Jfedica
tor known to Medical Science. The cure is speedy
and permanent in the most inveterate diseases.
This is no humbug, but a grand medical discovery.
A Rain Kilukr containing no poison to inflame,
paralize or drive the inflammation upon an in
ternal organ. Its efliciencv is trulv wonderful
—Relief is Instantaneous. It is destined to
banish pains and aches, wounds and bruises,
from the face of the earth,
may 6, 18 71.
CERTIFICATES:
Wc, the undersigned, haved used Dr. Proph
itt’s Prcpaartions, and take pleasure in recom
mending them to the public, as being all lie
claims tor them:
Col. It J Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog
ers, Covington, Ga.; O S Porter. Covington, Ga.;
1 rot. J L Jones, Covington, Ga.; Rev. M W Ar
nold, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Os! in, Ga.
Conference; F M Swanson, Monticcllo, Ga.; Ro
bert Barnes, Jasper County, Ga.; A M Robinson,
Monticcllo, Ga.; .Tames Wright, Putnam county,
Ga.; A Westbrook, Putnam county, Ga.; Judge
J J Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L Bobec, “Cov
ington Enterprise,”; A II Zachry, Convers, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.;'l>ick Lockett,
Davis county, Texas; W Hawk Whatley, Cus
set;i, lexas; W.G Roberts, Linden countv, Tex
as; lummy A Stewart. Atlanta, Ga; W A Lans
(lell, Druggist, Atlanta. Ga; R F Maddox & Cos.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville, Ga.;
A N Louis, Lowndes county, Ga.; Joseph Land,
Lowndes county, Ga.; Jas. Jeflerson. Carters
ville, Ga.; ff LF! I is, Doolv county, Ga.; W A
Forehand, Dooly county, Ga.; John B. Davis
Newton Factory, Ga.; B F Bass, Lowndnes co.
ROWER, JONES & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
And Dealers in
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
AND ■
1, 2 & 4 Horse Wagons.
MATERIALS, AC.
REP AIRING, of all hinds, DONE
WITH NEA TNESS and DURARdLI
-1%
CAR JERS ViLLE, 3A.
teb. 7, 1871.w1y
Sails of Clothes from $2,00 to
SI,OO at
Saiteufeild, Pyuon & Co's.
Bridles,
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUGUST 15 1871.
Sclioilulo ofiiu'
CARTERSVILLE & VAX-WERT R. R.
anti utter January 30th, 1871, the trains
LeaveTAYLGRSV T ILLK, at 9.30, A. M.
“ StILKSUQRO’, at Id, V. M.
“ FOR WEST HILL, at 10.25. A. M
Arriving at CARTERSVILLE, at 10.3), A M
lamve CA RTKRSVILLK, at 1, P. M.
Arrive at TAYLORSVILLE, at ... .3. T. M.
A Hack will scon lie running from Cedhrtowu
to Taylorsville via. Van Wert, connecting with
the trains.
An Extra train will be run to Cartersville and
Return to Taylorsville, every Friday evening.
By order of the President.
D. W. K. PEACOCK, Sec’y.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
WESTERN <£ ATLANTIC R. R. CO
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAlN—Oittwarp.
Leaves Atlanta, 10 30, r. M.
Arrives at Chattanooga, 6 ifi, a. m-
DaY PASSENGER TRAIN—Ot'TWARD.
Leaves Atlanta, 8 15, a. m.
Arrives at Chattanooga 4 25, r. M.
FAST LINE TO NEW YORK-OUTWARD.
Leaves Atlanta 2 45, r. >r.
Arrrives at Dalton 7 53, v. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAlN—lnward.
Leaves Chattanooga 5 20, p. M.
Arrives at Atlanta 1 42, a. m.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN—INWARD.
Leaves Chattanooga 5 30, a. m.
Arrives at Atlanta 2 20, p. M.
ACCO M MODATION TRAIN—IN W ARD.
Leaves Dalton 2 25, a. m.
Arrives at Atlanta 9 10, a. m.
E. B. WALKER,
may 25, 1871. Master of Transportation.
Lawshe & Haynes,
HAVE ON HAND AND are RECEIVING
the tiuest stock of the
Very Latest Styles
of IHamond and Gold
JEWELRY,
in upper Georgia, selected, with cat care for
the
Fall and Winter Trade,
Watches,
of the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A
merica;
American and French Clocks;
sterling ami Coin Silver Ware;
and the best quality of
Silver Plated Goods,
at prices to suit the times;
Gold, Silver and Steel
Spectacles,
to suit all ages.
Watches aud Jewelry
Repairsd by Competent Workmen;
Also Clock and Watch Makers
Tools and Materials.
sept 13,-swly ATLANTA, GA.
W. U. GILBERT. A. BAXTER, T. W. BAXTER, Jr.
GILBERT&BAXTER,
(SUCCESSORS TO W. 11. GILBERT & C 0.,)
Dealers In
H4KDWVKE,
IKON, STEEL, MILS,
CLOVER & GRASS SEED.
AGENTS FORSALE OF
COAL CUE EK COAL.
II •eruyian Guano.
And other Fertilizers.
Agricultural Implements,
Agricultural and Mill Machinery,
ALSO
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For sale and Purchase of
COTTON, WHEAT, CORN.
And all other
Country Produce, Cotton, Hay
AND OTHER PRODUCE SHIPPED ON
LIBERAL TERMS.
GILBERT & BAXTER,
Cartersville Cia.
Jan. 19, 1871—ly.
JAS. W. STRANGE,
Dealer In, and Manufacturer .Os
TIX WARE, ATtfH
nouse-Furnisliiiifr Goods*.
ALSO DEALER L\
!First-Class Stoves At
The Lowest Cash Prices .
WILL BARTER
FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RADS, AC.
Cartersville, Jan. 20th, ’7l -ly.
S. 11. PATTILI.O, Agent
GROVER & BAKER’S CELEBRATED
SHIM IAMB.
LOTH THE
ELASTIC AXI> SIIITTTIJE
OR
LOCKSTITCH,
SUITABLE FOR ANY KIND OF FAMI
LY SEWING- NONE BETTER
Men ami Boys’ Clothing
Made on the Most Reasonable Terms.
In fact, almost any description of
SEWING done
AsClieap ns the Cheapest!
AND
IX THE BEHT STXTIiE.
Lyman Chapman,
Brick; ait& Stone
Mason,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
)■ prepared to do any of the above work
upon short notice and at low figuers
Hauling and Plowing.
AS A A. Dobbs, having supplied himself with
:i mule and wagon, is prepared to Haul and
plow for any one w ishing hi., services.
“Onward and Upward.”
SHARP &FLOYD,
Successors to Geo. SHARP, Jr.,
ATLANTA, GA.,
Wholesale And Retail Jewelers.
We Keep a Large and Varied Assortment of
FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS,
I>IAUOM>*. JEWELRY,
AND
SPECTACLES.
m mm mm,
A SPECIALTY.
AVc Manufactuae Tea Sets, Forks, Spoons.
Goblets, Cups, Knives, etc.
Premiums For; Agricultural .Tfatr^.
We arc prepared to fill any order for Fairs at
short notice; also to give any information in
regard- to Premiums.
Orders by mail or in person, will receive
prompt and careful attention. We ask a com
parison of Stock, Prices and Workmanship with
any house in the State.
Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired
and Warranted. Masonic Badges and Sunday
School Badges made to order.
All Work Guaranteed.
ENGRA VINO FREE OF CHARGE.
SHARP &FLOID.
May 23, swly.
CONSUMPTION,
Its Cure and Its Preventive
BY J. H. SCHENCK, M. D
✓
MANY a human being has passed away,
for whose death there was no other reason
than the neglect of known and indisputably
proven means of cure. Those near and dear to
family and friends arc sleeping the dreamless
slumber into which, had they calmly adopted
DR. JOSEPH H. SCHENCK’S SIMPLE
TREATMENT.
and availed themselves of his wonderful efllca
eious medicines, they would not have fallen.
Dr. Schcnek has in his own case proved that
wherever sufficient vitality remains, that vital
ity, by liis medicines and his directions for
their iise, is quickened into healthful vigor.
In this statement there is nothing presump
tuous. To the faith of the invalid is made no
representation that is not a thousand times
substantiated by living and visible works. The
theory of the cure by Dr. .Schenck’s medicines
is as simple as it is m failing. Its philosophy
requires no argument. It is self-assuring, self
convincing.
The Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills are
the first two weapons with which the citadel
of the malady is assailed. Two-thirds of the
cases of consumption originate in dyspepsia
and a functionally disordered livei. With this
condition the bronchial tubes “sympathize”
with the stomach. Thev respond to the morbific
action of the liver. Here then comes the cul
minating result, and the setting in, with all its
distressing symptoms, of
CONSUMPTION.
The Mandrake Pills arc esmposed of one of
Nature’s noblest gifts—the Podophillum Pclta
tum. They possess all the blood-searching,
alterative properties of calomel.
But unlike calomel, they
“LEAVE NO STING BEHIND,”
The work of cure is now beginning. The
vitiated and mucous deposits in the bowels and
in the alimentaiy canal are ejected. Tlie liver,
like a clock, is wound up. It arouses from its
torpidity. The stomach acts rcspoasivelv, and
the patient begins to feci that he is getting, at
last,
A SUPPLY OF GOOD BLOOD.
Tlie Seaweed Tonic, in conjunction with the
Pills, permeates and assimilates with the food.
Chylincation is now progressing without its
previous tortures. Digestion becomes painless,
and the cure is seen to be at hand. There is no
more flatulence, no exacerbation of the stomach
An appetite sets in.
Now comes the greatest Blood Purifier ever
yet given by an indulgent father to suffering
man. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup comes in to
perform its functions and to hasten and com
plote the cure. It enters at once upon its work.
Nature cannot be cheated. It collects and
ripens the impaired portions of the lungs. In
the form of gatherings, it prepares them for
expectoration, and lo ! in a very short time the
malady is vanquished, tlie rotten throne that
it occupied is renovated and made now. and the
patient, in all the dignity of regained vigor,
steps forth to enjoy the manhood or the woman
hood that was
GIVEN UP AS LOST.
The second thing is, the patients must stay in
a warm room until they get well ; it is almost
impossible to prevent taking cold when the
lungs are diseased, but it must be prevented or
a cure cannot be effected. Fresli air and riding
out, especially in this section of the country in
the winter season, are all wrong. Physicians
who recommend that course lose patients, if
their lungs are badly diseased, and yet because
they are in the house they must not sit down
quiet; they must walk about the room as much
and as fast as the strength will bear, to get up a
good circulation of blood. The patients must
keep in good spirits—be determined to get well.
This has a great deal to do with the appetite,
and is the great point to gain.
To despair of cure after such evidence of its
possibility in the worst cases, and moral cer
tainty in all others, is sinful. Dr. Schenck’s
personal statement to the Faculty of his own
cure w as in these modest words :
Many years ago I was in the last stages of
consumption ; confined to my bed, and at one
time my physicians thought that I could not
live a week; then, like a drowning man catch
ing at straws, I heard of and obtained the pre
parations which I now offer to the public, and
they made a perfect cure of me. It seemed to
me that I could feel them penetrate my whole
system. They soon ripened the matter in my
lungs, and I would spit up more than a pint of
offensive yellow matter every morning for a
long time.
As soon as that began to subside mv cough,
fcvei, pain and night sweats all began ‘to leave
me, and my appetite became so great that it
was with difficulty that I could keep from
eating too much. I soon gained my strength,
and have grown in flesh ever since.”
“I was weighed shortly after mv recovery,”
added the Doctor, “then looking like a mere
skeleton; my weight was only ninety-seven
pounds ; ray'present weight is two hundred and
twentv-five pounds, and for years i have
“ENJOYED GOOD HEALTH.”
Dr. Schcnek has discontinued lus professional
visit to New York and Boston. He or his son.
Dr. J 11. Schcnek, Jr., still continue to see
patients at their office, No. 15 North Sixth street.
Philadelphia, every Saturday from ft a. rn., to 3
l>. m. Those who wish a thorough examination
with the Respirometer will be charged five
dollars. The Kespirometer declares the exact
condition of the lungs, and patients can readilv
learn whether they arc curable or not.
Tha directions for taking the medicine are
adapted to the intelligence even of a child
Follow these dircetons, and kind nature will do
the rest, excepting that in some cases tlie .Man
drake Fills arc to be taken in increased doses •
the three medicines need no other accompani
ments than tlie ample instructions that do
accompany them. First create appetite. Os
returning health hunger is the most welcome
symptom. When it comes, as it will come, let
(fie despairing be of good cheer. Good blood at
once follows, the cough loosens, the night sweat
Is abated. In a short time both of these morbid
symptoms are gone forever.
' I>r. Schenek's medicines are constantly kept
in tens of thousands of families. Asa laxative,
or purgative, the Mandrake Fills are a standard
preparation; while the Pulmonic Syrup, as a
cut er of coughs and colds, may be regarded as a
prophylactoric against consumption in any of
its forms.
Price of thq. Pulmonic Svrup and Seaweed
Tonic, $1,50 a biHtle, or $7,50 a half dozen. Man
drake. Fills, 25 cents a box. For sale by all
druggists and dealers.
JOHN F. HENRY,
EIGHT College Flare, New York.
WHOLESALE AGENT.
New Beef Market,
AG. B. VANDIA EKE has opened a in w
# Beef Market, in the house formerly oc
cupied I>\ W. .T. Manley as a work shop, on West
Main Street, Carters?flic, and two doors West
of Mr. Fiekrea's Furniture Store, where he will
supple the public with fresh meats at anv time
from daylight to 9 o'clock, F. M. He will also
pay the l>est prices for beet ( attle and II ides',
mar lti-wfim
I 3 OJ!? T
Mj Lamlx.
Tlul following beautiful lines arc cut from
ah Exchange. VYe know their author,
nor in what paper they first appeared, and
can give no credit. There is a feeling in
these words, the power of which parents
alone can know. A mother must hare
written them, or if a father, he had a moth
er’s heart.—Ei>. So. Pbes., ISM.
I loved them so,
That when the elder £■ hephorl of the fold
Came, covered with the storm, and pale
and cold,
And begged for one of my sweet lambs to
hold,
I bade him go.
lie claimed the pet,
A little fondling thing, that to my breast
Clung always, either in quiet or unrest ;
I thought of all my lambs I loved him best.
And yet —and yet—
I laid him down,
In those white, shrouded afms, with bitter
tears;
For some voice told me that, in after years,
He should know naught of passion, grief or
tears,
As I had known.
And yet again
That elder Shepherd came ; my heart grew
faint;
He claimed another lamb, with sadder
plaint ;
Another ! she, who gentle as a saint,
Ne’er gave me pain.
Aghast I turned away ;
There sat she, lovely as an angel’s dream,
Her golden locks with sunset all agleam,
Her holy eyes with heaven in their beam ;
I knelt to pray.
“Is will?
My Father, say, must this pot lamb be giv
en ?
Oh! Thou hast many such, dear Lord, in
heaven.”
And a soft voice said, “Nobly hast thou
striven ;
But—peace be still!”
Oh ! how I wept!
I clasped her to my bosom with a wild
And yearning love—my pleasant child.
Her, too, I gave—the little angel smiled
And sweetly slept.
“Go! go!” I cried,
For once again that Shepherd laid his hand
Upon the noblest of our household band ;
Like a pale spectre, there he took his stand,
Close to his side.
And yet wondrous sweet
The look with which he heard my passion
ate cry :
“Touch not my lamb—for him, oh, let me
die!”
“A little while,” ho said, with smile and
sigh,
“Again to meet.”
Hopeless I fell;
And when I rose the light had burned so
low,
So faint., I could not see my darling go ;
Ho hud not bidden me farewell, but oh!
I felt farewell
More deeply far -
Than if my arms had compassed that slight
frame;
Though could I but have heard him call
that name—
“ Bear mother”—but in heaven Twill be the
same:
There burns my star.
He will not take
Another lamb, I thought, for only one
Os the dear fold is spared to be son,
My guide, my mourner, when this life is
done—
My heart would break.
Oh ! what a thrill
I heard him enter, but I did not know
(For it was dark) that he has robbed me so.
The idol of my soul! —he could not go—
Oh ! heart, be still.
Came morning—can I tell
How this poor frame its sorrowful tenant
kept,
For waking tears were mine—l, sleeping,
wept,
And days and mouths and years that weary
vigil kept,
Alas ?„ “Farewell.”
How often it is said!
I sit and think, and wonder, too, sometime,
How it will seem when in that happier clime,
It will never ring out like funcrai chime
Over the dead.
No tears ! no tears !
Will there a day come when 1 shall not
weep ?
For I bedew r my pillows in my sleep.
Yes, yes, thank God! no grief that clime
shall keep
No weary years.
Aye ! it is well!
Well with my lambs and with their early
guide ;
There pleasant rivers wander they beside,
Or strike sweet harps upon its silver tide;
Aye ! it is well.
Through dreary day
They often come from glorious light to me ;
I cannot feel their touch, their faces see,
Yet my soul whispers- they come to me—
Heaven is not far away.
tetT While a party of young Virgiu
ians were playing with a pistol the ball
suddenly started on an excursion
through sundry biceps muscles and ju
gulra veins.
Depurmciit of Ihlueatioi:, Slate
of Georgia.
Office of State School Com Vr, )
Atlanta, Ga.' February 23, 1871. )
Dear Sik—l have so many inquiries
as to the best plan for organizing and
establishing Common Schools, under
the act approved October 13, 1870,
that I have thought best to duplicate
the following letter for general circuln
tion.
It should be borne in mind that the
State Fund is not intended to support
the Schools, but it is simply held out
by the State as a premium for each
and every commuuity that will organ
ize under a general system, and main
tain free Schools for a certain portion
of each year, with the assurance that
if any country or sub-district shall go
so far as to provide School buildings
and maintain the free Schools for three
months of the year, they will find it to
their advantage to continue them much
longer, and I will cheerfully raise the
funds, by local tax, for that purpose.—
It is not intended to take the main
work out of the hands of the people;
but, on the contrary, the principal por
tion of School funds must be raised by
the local authorities, and retained in
their hands until disbursed by compe
tent officers, chosen by the people for
that duty. The purchase, erection, re
pair and leasing of School buildings,
and the entire operation of the Schools,
is left in the hands of these local au
thorities; such general regulations are
prescribed as will secure uniformity,
co-operation and economy.
The introduction and establishment
of free Schools everywhere will require
time, patience and perseverance; they
cannot be forced upon the people; but
by the earnest work of enthusiastic
men by the dissemination of informa
tion as to their influence upon the
mental, moral, physic and and financial
condition of auy community; by at
traction and successful examples, the
people must be led to w ish for, ask for,
and work for the Public Schools.
A Common School system is no ex
periment—it ceased to be that many
years ago. Here in Georgia we have
instructive and convincing evidences
of its advantages, in Columbus and
Savannah. But the system must not
be made burdensome or oppressive in
the outset. Every advantage must be
taken of all existing schools, buildings
and aidspf every description. When
ever there is a school building, wheth
er owned by local authorities, trustees
or private individuals, let arrange
ments be made to secure it, or its use,
for public purposes; let the teachers,
if competent, be examined and licensed
by the County Commissioner; let them
be employed by contract with the
school officers as teachers of the Pub
lie school, the same to be thrown open
as a free School for all the children ol
school age for the sub-district, or sucli
part of the sub-district as may be de
termined by the Trustees of County
Board. The School thus besomes a
Public School, under the entire con
trol of the proper authorities, for such
term as the Public School Fund will
provide. \Y lien the public fund is ex
hausted the free pupils, or those una
ble to pay tuition, withdraw from the
School, and it continues for the rest of
the year ns a tuition or subscription
School, all the more vigorous, success
ful and economical for those who are
to support it, because of the aid it has
received, from public funds, and every
child, rich or poor,.has received hispro
ralu share of Public School privileges.
In the course of time the public fund
is increased so that tho private School
building pass into the hands of the
public authorities; the private School
teachers are absorbed into, and per
manently employed in, the Public
Schools; they no longer work in oppo
sition to each other, but organize
Teachers, Institutes, establish a pro
fessional esprit de crops, and work to
gether for their own benefit and for
one common end—the elevation of the
profession and improvement of the
Schools.
When any territory, with sufficient
scholastic population for the support
of a School, is unprovided with a
school building, and none cun be pro
cured otherwise, let immediate meas
ure be taken to build one. Ascertain
the number of pupils and most con
venient location; secure by gift, pri
vate subscription or public purchase,
the school site; determine tho kind,
size and cost of construction of build
ing, and the kind and amount of tax
to be make such lc\y and put
it in tho hands of the Tax Collector
for collection; make three quisite c u
tracts and proceed with the work at
once.
If it be determined to build a log
house, or one oil which a labor tax
will be available, make contracts for
such material as will be necessary;
when it is ready, let the Trustees call
the voters together, appoint conq*etent
Superintendents to direct the labor,
and, in a few days, the work may be
completed. In erecting new buildings,
let them be pleasantly located, well
ventilated, easily ami economically
warmed and comfortably furnished.—
Tasteful architecture, convenience,
comfort and beauty, will attract the
pupi's, give them a pride and interest
in the School, make it more easy to
secure competent teachers, and gener
ally be found to aid in the support,
economy and effectiveness of th e
School.
School officers are arborized to es
S. 11. Smith Sr Cos., Proprietors.
tablish Schools upon the credit of the
fund to bo distributed this fall, but it
is not desirable, nor good policy, to do
so, except where there is a local fund
on baud nearly sufficient for their sup
port. for if the fund first lie distributed
tS entirely expended in advance, it in
volves the necessity of carrying ou tho
years work upon credit also. It will
t>e far better to coutinue tho Schools
as now organized and maintained un
til the summer vacation. Meantime
every preparation may be completed,
plans thoroughly dig* stud, and work
oonituei.ci and npou a solid basis.
The beginning of tho Sch«x>l year is
fixed at September Ist. Any time af
ter that date the free Schools may be
opened, and by the time the first quar
ter’s salary is due, the money, both
from State fund and local tax,ought to
be in the county treasury. If local
authorities choose to levy a local tax
sufficiently large to replace the money
they might use previous to September
Ist, and still leave enough in the treas
ury for the next year’s expenses, it
might obviate the difficulty, and lie
for the best interests of muny com -
in unities.
Teachers should always bo employ
ed by the month, or term, at a fix and
salary. They may then be paid accor
ding to their intelligence, education
and competency, and the size and
grade of the School, and the work to
bo done. The tuition system is unjust,
wasteful and extravagant. The com
paratively ignorant and incompetent
teacher, who will descend to uao un
worthy means to fill up his School, al
though beuefittiug his pupils very lit
tle, is well paid, and far beyond his de
serts; while the better and more com
petent teacher, near by, has empty
benches, aud a miserably inadequate
salary. Let the authorities provide
tho pay and pupils, and then soo to it
that the teacher does his duty.
J. R. LEWIS,
State School CowmisioiieiT.
•Sy At this season many persons
suffer terribly from the eruption called
prickly heat. So familiar is it, that
all persons know it. It is caused by
the solid perspirablo matter not pass-'
ing off iu a dissolved slate, as should,
be the case. It is easily cured iu one
day by using the warm bath for ten
minutes, them rubbing the affected
part with lemon juice. Then warm
water dissolves the salts that are lodg
ed under the skin; so does the lernou.
juice. When the eruption stings audt
burns, lemon juice rubbed on the part
affected will give relief in a few mo
ments Possibly, strong apple vinegar
might act in the same way. Persons
who cannot get lemon juice might use.
nitric acid dissolved,.twenty grains to.
an ounce of water.
Accepted the Call. —We learn that
the Rev. Mr. Elliott has accepted the.
call of St. Philips’ congregation.. He
will assume his duties iu the middle of
October. Wc congratulate the Church
upon the selection they have made.—
Mr. Elliott, the son of the late Bishop,
cf Georgia, is distinguished dor-hit tal
ents, and will, in all probability, tread
iu the footsteps of his father.
[At. Era.
Listen to the Stocking Bird..
One of tho most merciful phases of r
American legislation is that which
cares for the singing bird. It is the
property of this chorister that he com
bines iu his nature the useful in equal,
proportions with the entertaining,
feasting vigorously, in fact, on blugs,
beetles, moths, field-lice, aud other
such enemies of vegetation, when not
charming the air- with his dulcet car r
ols. In France the Code Gride,
thanks to the kind provision of its
founder, the great Napoleon, has a set
title for the protection of birds, and
in some Ute legislation in lowa the
same mild extension is made to the
agia of the law. Under, if we mistake
not, a fifty dollar penalty, the tomtit,
and blue bird, lark and wren,, are at*
liberty to chirp unmolested our
Northwest, and in a plea to the ou
coming Legislature of Georgia a voice
is raised for the mocking bird. The
young of these birds are invariably
taken from the nest ns soon as found
and sent to tne North or to Europe,
where they sell at high prices, and as
every brood thus disjiosed of is with
drawn from production a sensibfc di
minution in the number of these glo
rious warblers is noted. Reckless
boys, also, just learning to use a gun,
and careless how a sweet voice is still
ed so long as they make the feathers
riy, not unfrequently kill the mocking
ing-bird with as little compunction as
the crow; and then there are others
again who trap him, though perfectly
well assured the full grown bird can
never accustom himself to captivity,
and will beat out his little life against
the bars of his cage. 1) spoiling of
the nest, however, is the great wrong.
Only a few days since our local col
umns noticed a consignment of two
hundred young birds on a single
steamer, and the figures may give
some idea of the extent to w hich this
spoliation is carried. To prevent the
vandalism a kindly heart has found
room in the Augusta (Ga.) GoudUu
l.iomUid to call iqx>n the Legislature of
the State--which assembles iu No
vember—for some preventive measure,
and we trust our American nightin
gale may not have the voice raised in
nis favor in \aiu. —A. World.
jgfcir- All kinds of Job Work exec 11 -
ted neatly and cheaply at this ofi&e-
i\ UMBER, u
